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The Crookston City Council and Ways and Means Committee met Monday evening in the City Hall Council Chambers. The meeting started with two Mayoral Proclamations for Mental Health Awareness Month and Community Action Month, honoring Tri-Valley Opportunity Council for serving over 2,000 families and over 4,500 individuals annually. The mental health proclamation was presented to […]
Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) and the Greater Minnesota transit community celebrated a major milestone this month with the arrival of its first low-emission, propane-fueled transit bus. Tri-Valley Opportunity Council, which provides services in Northwest Minnesota, is now the first rural transit system in the state to deploy low- or no-emission vehicles, using propane-powered vehicles.
The Federal Transportation Administration recently awarded the Minnesota Department of Transportation $17.9 million in grant funding to help rural Minnesota transit providers upgrade their vehicle fleets and infrastructure. MnDOT manages the federal funding of rural Minnesota transit programs and works with local partners. The money will help replace aging vehicles and transition fleets into cleaner
Melody Hedden has been named the next Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Tri-Valley Opportunity Council in Crookston. Hedden has dedicated her career to the human services field for the past 26 years. After graduating from high school in a small town of Franklin, North Carolin in 1994 she began working for the local Head
The Polk County Commissioners met on Tuesday afternoon at the Polk County Government Center in Crookston. The commissioners approved the distribution of the 2026 Opioid Settlement Funds to 12 entities, received an update on the closure of the Highway 75 bridge at Climax, and approved new members for the Youth Advisory Board. The meeting recap
Tri-Valley Opportunity Council recently announced that Jason Carlson, its Chief Executive Officer, will be leaving the organization. Carlson is taking the job as Executive Director of Northwest Service Co-op, which is headquartered in Thief River Falls. The co-op serves school districts, cities, counties, and a few non-profits with a variety of services. What kinds of
